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A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.

a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm. So were the churches established in the faith. Acts xvi. 5. The best established tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down. Burke. Confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control. Bancroft.…

A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all his remaining cards.

One who establishes.

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character. Shipley.

A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy.

A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.

A café, or room in a café, in which smoking is allowed.

A grazing; a country house. [Spanish America]

te; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. "When I came to man's estate." Shak. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Romans xii. 16.

Stately; dignified. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. Bp. Gardiner. Famous men, -- whose sci…

Worthy of esteem; estimable. [R.] "Esteemable qualities." Pope.

One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing. The proudest esteemer of his own parts. Locke.

ited with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.

Same as Æsthesiometer.

Same as Æsthete, Æsthetic, Æsthetical, Æsthetics, etc.

Producing heat. [R.] Smart.

Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. Paley. .